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4/12/2004 The US has officially comitted (another) war crime as they bombarded a civilian area and killed more than 600 people and wounded another 1000 over the weekend. The Fallujah Massacre This website, recommended by mangus is another very good resource. ICH: Continuing Slaughter, Kidnappings, US Rhetoric: "That's not really a number I'm terribly interested in.": General Colin Powell, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, on being asked his assessment of Iraqi military and civilian casualties, April 1991 === Lesley Stahl: "I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima and you know, is the price worth it?" Madeline Albright: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price — we think the price is worth it." Former U.N. Ambassador Madeline Albright, responding to reporter Lesley Stahl as to whether the over half a million Iraqi children killed by the UN sanctions against Iraq were "worth it." CBS May 11, 1996 === "Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's gonna happen? It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?": George W. Bush's mother Barbara on ABC/Good Morning America, March 18, 2003 === WEB SITE: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ |